"W-what" I stutter, as my heartbeat speeds up

Static pushes himself off the desk and walks to the one near me instead, "I can do physically impossible things, and so can you"

I bit my lip, but not in the sexy way. Like in the -wtf you talking about- way.

"Not to embarrass you but I think you have mistaken me" I smile as I hop off the desk, I ain't about to get exposed. "I'm not paladin" I laugh awkwardly

"If you insist, i can just leave without explaining how I know" Static scratches his head as he pretends to slowly walk out the door. Taking slow steps without breaking the eye contact.

I stand up as fast as lighting, which static would know since his power is electricity " no, wait!" I scream, contemplating my choices. "What do you know?"

"Meet me at this address at 5 when you decide" static grabs a piece of piece of paper out of nowhere from his grey and black outfit.

I take the paper from his hands. Has no one heard of texting an address? So many trees are getting killed just so I can get through this day.

"Bye"

Static is gone in seconds, the window curtain moves as the wind blows where he stood seconds ago. I looks down at the crumbled piece of paper

1754 Grangeville

Hmm that's weird, thats the street where abandoned factories are. I shove the paper deep in my pocket and march out the door.

"I can't be a paladin"

***

"Carter?" Grayson waves his hand over my face, my day dream drifts away as realty sinks in again.

"Yes?"

"Tay and I are going to the movies tonight, you busy?" Grayson swerves into traffic when a red light pops up

"I can't, I got um school-." I mutter "I mean homework! I have school homework"

"Cool, want me to come over and help? Power in numbers right?" The car speeds in places I'm sure it shouldn't.  He's going at least 60 mph in a 30 zone. If only my parents knew.

"How about I meet you guys there? What time?"

"5, that's when power rangers plays. Oh and also I'm the red ranger. You and tay fight for the pink one." Grayson laughs as he stops in front of my driveway. Two shiny hondas are parked.

"The parental are here"

"Wish me luck, and bye thanks for the ride once again" I climb out and shut the care door.

I walk to my front porch and unlock the door to be met with a unpleasant burning smell.

"Honey! You're home!" My mom comes into view as I close the front door. Her business clothes are covered in grease stains as she hugs me.

"Hi mom, you're home." I hug my mom back, I drop my bag by the door and take off my shoes. House rule, can't wear shoes inside. "Mom"

"Yes" she peeks through the kitchen and glances at me.

"Are grandpa and grandma-" I breath in, maybe I shouldn't ask until I have too.

"Yes?" A worried smile appears on her lips as she stops what's she doing and starts walking towards me.

"-Okay? I haven't seen them in a while" I stammer, trying to change the real question.

"Yes honey, there doing just fine. Maybe we can go visit them at the end of the month." She smiles and walks back to whatever she was doing "they would love that"

"Yea, next month. I'll be in my room if you need me" I turn around and fast walk away.

I walk into the hallway out of my mother sight, I didn't think she would be here. Today out of all days, the day I need to go with a random stranger to a random address.

I close my door and look around to my pink and white clock I got for my 10th birthday. 4:05

That only gives me 55 minutes to decide what to do. I groan as my stomach grumbles, which means now I only have like 30 minutes to decide since I'm going to waste 15 minutes eating. I lay on my bed for at least 10 minutes, my body needs a break.

I walk my butt to the kitchen where my mom is happily humming. "Hungry?" She asks as she pulls a plate out of the drawer. "I made lasagna"

I smile and sit down on the table, my mom is only here 3 times a week so this is something I really look forward too. And dad...well he's here somewhere.

"Thanks, I'm starving!" I poke my stomach to exaggerate my hunger. I grab a fork as a plate of lasagna is placed in front of me. The sweet smell. I wonder what was burning earlier.

"Where's Conner?" I mumble with a mouthy of lasagna. This is some good food!

"Daycare, dad will pick him up when he's off work later. As for me, I have to leave in a few, PTA meeting."

"You still go to those?" I question as I shove the last bit of food.

"Yes, have to stay on top of my daughter education and if I have a say in something I will be there." She pats me in the head as she grabs her car keys off the counter. "Be good Okay. Don't go anywhere" little did she know.

"Love you too mom" I place my dirty plate in the sink as the door slams shut. This has been the most I have seen of here in the past days.

I look back into the oven clock and OMG HOW DID 30 MINUTES REALLY PASS?!

I rush into my room and grab my phone, I have been having the weirdest week so might as well just go see static. Wait, but do I really want to go? I don't want to be a super afterall, I just want to graduate high school, go to college, get married, have a family and die a happy death. Can I really do all that if I'm a super?

I think over my options, what should I do! 5 minutes have passed and know I only have 20 minutes to figure out my future.

I run out of my room and out the door into the garage.

Screw life, im going.

I grab my bike and jump on it, as I'm about to leave, I remember that I didn't lock any of the doors.

I drop my bike in the lawn and go back to lock all 3 doors I managed to open to get my darn bike.

I grab my bike once again and this time actually ride it.

I live 5 minutes away from grangeville , so I don't rush.

I just pedal and pedal.

***

I open the door to the rusty factory that seems like it hasn't been opened in years. The number 1754 are pasted in what seems like chipped wood. Wow what a place.

The building is empty and quiet, only a light hangs from the ceiling moving back and forth.

I shut the door, as a figure moves into the light.

"You came" static voice echoes in the empty building.

"Aren't you genius of the year."

"Like the sass, really not my type but I can make an exception." Static winks under his mask. Well not really under, he does have eye holes like Batman, not like a Spider-Man mask. Wait why am I even explains this? I cringe as I walk to the nearest box, dynamite might be in here but I really need to sit down after riding my stupid bike. Me and excerise don't mix. I sit on the box labeled fragile because I'm such a lady.

"First off ew, and second can you tell me why I'm here?"

"Well Carter Williams. You're a paladin or as scientist like to call it" he lifts his hands up in quotations " "mutants". I haven't had the best of luck finding other paladins so thought "hmm what if I break into the confidential files at high schools" and here I am with you." Static copies me by sitting also on a box. "So what's your power?"

"So your telling me...THAT MY SCHOOL KNOWS IM A MUTANT?" I scream, standing up. Everyone knew but never felt it was okay to tell me that little old Carter was a super? All this time I've spent annoyed by them. Turns out I'm a hypocrite because here I am being one of them!

"They didn't know, they just knew you had the possibility" static shrugs off, "so you gonna tell me what your powers are?"

I roll my eyes, so technically he's just using me. Might as well toy with his feelings a little.

"What? My record didn't tell you?" I smirk, might as well have fun with this "I make things disappear simply by pointing."

I look at my Index finger as if inspecting a gun. I see static shift nervously in his seat, I mean box seat.

"I still can't figure out where they go when they disappear, want to help me find out" I look at static with a sly smile as I slowly lower my finger and move it in his direction. And with a sudden move jerk my finger his way.

Static throws himself behind his box, not really hero like.

I laugh uncontrollably . He actually believed me!

"Omfg! That was the funniest thing ever!" I laugh as I hold my stomach. Static stands up and tries to play it slick as he takes his seat on the box "you feel for it!"

"You're a real bitch you know that?" Static brushes his legs, dust floats up as he does. I guess this building is dusty. "Now what's really your power."

I stop laughing as his voice becomes serious. What is my power. I rest my chin on my hand. "Honestly, I don't know."

"You don't? Then why did you go to the office this morning?"

"Told you I wasn't a paladin" I roll my eyes again, at this rate, my eyeballs are gonna be gone from so much rolling.

"So nothing happened? Is that why your friend came over yesterday night? Because nothing happened?

He's been spying on me. Flattered but still creepy asf.

"Oh that, well long story short I stopped water from splashing me." I tell him, it sounds really lame now that I'm hearing myself. "

"Water manipulation maybe? Anything else" he questions

I think back to the last few days were this whole thing started. My mind switches to west at the track field. " oh! I know! On Tuesday, I said something around "why can't it rain today" and it stated raining. Like rain rain. Not sprinkling"

"That was you? Did you watch the news that day? Unexpected rain in 90 degree weather." Static pulls out a little gadget from his suit and starts pressing buttons.

"What's that?"

"A phone, ever seen one genius?" Static laughs, annoyance clear on my face. A ding and a light flash from his "phone" . He reads the message slowly and takes forever to finally look up.

"So I just texted my buddy, and he said that you might have water and wind powers." Static reads, confusion to his face. "Wind?"

"Wind?" I repeat, since when do I have wind?

"Oh, okay so I guess when you made it rain, you didn't actually make it rain. You just created wind to drag a cloud with a lot of moister and made the water come down." Static reads off his phone as if it's the simplest thing ever.

"So your telling me that I did a lot of biology work to make it rain?" I look at my hands and back at static "so I did all that! Wow I'm awesome huh"

"Not so fast, you still can't fly like *cough me" static shrugs with a sly smile "now who's the awesome one here?" I laugh, I never actually realized that paladins are people too.

"Let's just say I do have powers, what now?" I shrug as I hop of the box.

"I teach you how to control them, so your not alone like I was when I discovered mine" he smiles as he also stood up. The distance between us was less than a foot. I could reach out and rip the mask off if I wanted too, but something was holding me back.

"Aren't you sweet" I whisper, as I started to get nervous. I am actually talking to a paladin, I mean He's cocky and all but still a paladin.

"So lets discover your powers, malady" static breaks the distance by moving to the side and searching for something inside a black backpack. Has that always been there? "I tried to search for a paladin with wind and water power but I guess your the first with that combination so its going to get hard"

"I know powers are important and all, but suppose I'm a paladin, when do I get my suit and name?" I smile innocently, I have a few ideas in my head.

"Suit is already being made, and name is whatever the news and the people call you so you have no control over anything." He pulls out a waterbottle out of the back pack and stands up facing me. "You can stop saying your not a paladin" he laughs

"I'm not!" I whine "That's not fair, with my luck I'm going to be called super girl." I groan

"Can't, names taken. Supermans cousin" static slowly opens the water bottle. "Let's get practicing, what can you do?"

" I can suspend water in mid air, but that's I have so far"

"Then I guess you'll have to think fast"

***